At the beginning of 1941, approximately half of the 100,000 residents of Iasi, Romania were Jewish.

On June 28 and 29, a violent slaughter of the Jewish citizens of Iasi was perpetrated by the Iasi police, the Romanian military, SSI agents, The Iron Guard, and many ordinary citizens (neighbors of Jews, known and lesser-known supporters of anti-semitic movements, students, poorly-paid, low-level officials, railway workers, craftsmen frustrated by Jewish competition, “white-collar” workers, retirees and military veterans) who knew they would not have to account for their actions.

On June 30, 1941, two trains departed from Iasi, Romania in the blazing heat of summer on a ‘trip to no-where’. They contained the survivors of that pogram. 2500 people were crammed into cattle cars that had their ventilation slats nailed shut. For the next 17 hours this ‘death train’ traveled a circuitous route across Romania. Periodically, rail cars were opened to remove those who died of suffocation, heat exhaustion, dehydration, wounds inflicted during the pogrom, and suicide. Anyone attempting to get water at these stops was immediately shot.

Approximately 200/2500 people survived. They were subsequently “invited” to return home.

Further Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iași_pogrom